Research has revealed why "skunk" eggs hatch simultaneously
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Last Update: 2021-03-14
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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commonly known as the "skunk" elephant is a common insect, the female usually gives birth to about 30 eggs at a time in the leaves, and the eggs in one egg will hatch the larvae simultaneously in a short period of time. A new study in Japan has found how they keep pace when hatching.
researchers at Kyoto University and other institutions in Japan report in the new issue of the American Journal of Current Biology that they have found that if elephant eggs are concentrated together, the other eggs hatch quickly after the first eggs in the egg are hatched, and that it takes longer for the eggs to hatch if they are separated.
researchers used a laser Doppler oscillator to measure the vibrations when the eggs hatched and broke the shell, and found that the first eggs hatched and broke the shell with a very short pulse vibration of only 0.003 seconds, which can quickly spread through the entire egg, and the other eggs hatch simultaneously.
for eggs that are separated from each other and are about to hatch, the proportion of them hatching simultaneously increases significantly if the vibrations are artificially created and transmitted to them.
researchers say this is the first time a simple and clever mechanism has been found to allow eggs to hatch simultaneously, and they expect to explore similar mechanisms in other species to find ways to prevent and control certain harmful insects. (Source: Xinhua News Agency, Huayi)
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